Sr Director, Strategy & Planning

Company Description

At ServiceNow, our technology makes the world work for everyone, and our people make it possible. We move fast because the world can’t wait, and we innovate in ways no one else can for our customers and communities. By joining ServiceNow, you are part of an ambitious team of change makers who have a restless curiosity and a drive for ingenuity. We know that your best work happens when you live your best life and share your unique talents, so we do everything we can to make that possible. We dream big together, supporting each other to make our individual and collective dreams come true. The future is ours, and it starts with you. 

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Job Description

What you get to do in this role:

As Senior Director, Strategy and Planning, you will serve as a trusted advisor to the Global Partner Organization, SVP and other senior leaders to drive operational excellence and help the organization realize its objectives., This role works extensively with leaders from both business and technical backgrounds; the ideal candidate will be able to clearly communicate opportunities, ideas, concepts, surface issues, both verbally and in writing, someone who can drive process creation, implementation, and changes with our business partners. 

You will be expected to be a collaborative player/coach- rolling up your sleeves to get work done while also structuring workstreams and providing guidance to others. In this role you will work on highly complex problems and help senior leaders and the executive team to organize, prioritize and implement their strategic agenda. 

• Ensure consistency on overall Global partner organization strategic goals, standards, objectives and key results, and metrics for each planning cycle 
• Drive execution of cross functional projects and programs 
• Establish and drive transparency for leadership to regularly monitor operational and delivery metrics 
• Drive connectivity and accountability across teams to meet agreed upon objectives and complete agreed upon action items 
• Enable alignment for organizational portfolio, process, and visibility in alignment with other functions across product teams 
• Maintain visibility across the leadership team for day-to-day Business Operations execution; drive rhythm of business, enable financial planning and investments, support communication strategies etc 
• Monitor and react to performance, accountable for issue identification and resolution in support of organizational goals 
• Change Leadership to guide the organization through change including process enablement 
• Run/facilitate orgs’ and teams’ offsite / deep-dive gatherings with a focus on intra/inter-team collaboration and objective setting 
• Define structured and predictable ways for the SVP and designated leaders to engage through different communication channels to build brand and the narrative [also in partnership with the Marketing, Analyst Relations and Comms team].
• Help ideate, craft and communicate the north star and narrative to the broader organization.
• Own the headcount process for the organizations and collaborate with finance on headcount process 
• Key partner to HR BP on org health development + facilitate talent calibration process 
• Provide support for org/team All Hands meetings + facilitate org’s LT meetings 

In this role, you will work on highly complex problems, gain insight into the strategic and operational issues which are forefront in the minds of the leadership team, have exposure to C-level decision making, and establish relationships with senior team members across the organization. 

Qualifications

To be successful in this role you have:

• 10-15+ years of experience in go-to-market function for a Software/SaaS technology company; prior experience as a Chief-of-Staff or operational leadership r